Lightning, Army of One

Final Fantasy (FIN) #233 · Mythic · Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Mana cost: {1}{R}{W}

First strike, trample, lifelink
Stagger — Whenever Lightning deals combat damage to a player, until your next turn, if a source would deal damage to that player or a permanent that player controls, it deals double that damage instead.

"Lightning. It flashes bright, then fades away. It can't protect. It only destroys."

Power/toughness 3/2 · Illustrated by Shiyu · Released June 13, 2025

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 25, 2026: up $0.03 USD (0.3%) to $10.50 USD; low $8.81 USD, high $10.81 USD.

Printings

  1. Final Fantasy #233 (this printing) · Mythic · 2025 · $10.50 USD
  2. Final Fantasy #320 (FIN) · Mythic · 2025 · $34.10 USD
  3. Final Fantasy #400 (FIN) · Mythic · 2025 · $25.36 USD
  4. Final Fantasy #498 (FIN) · Mythic · 2025 · $19.89 USD
  5. Final Fantasy #545 (FIN) · Mythic · 2025 · $276.64 USD foil
  6. Final Fantasy Promos #233s (PFIN) · Mythic · 2025 · $42.16 USD foil

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2025-06-06 · wotc — The damage is dealt by the same source as the original source of damage. The doubled damage isn't dealt by Lightning unless it was the original source of damage.
  2. 2025-06-06 · wotc — If damage dealt by a source you control is being divided or assigned among multiple permanents and/or players, that damage is divided or assigned before doubling. For example, if you attack with a 5/5 creature with trample and it's blocked by a 2/2 creature, you can assign 2 damage to the blocker and 3 damage to the defending player. Those amounts are then doubled to 4 and 6, respectively.
  3. 2025-06-06 · wotc — If another effect (or effects) modifies how much damage a source you control would deal—by preventing some of it, for example—the player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses the order in which any such effects (including Lightning's) apply. If all of the damage is prevented, Lightning's effect no longer applies.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER · in 31% of 49 decks
  2. Terra, Herald of Hope · in 10% of 48 decks
  3. Dihada, Binder of Wills · in 6% of 49 decks

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